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mtnrtm pniimnn iimWuWi'Mi 1- - - - -.w.. ... .m. ' " " "- - -. 'I !, Mi'k ! tth-iloVr tin- Un-.r jhmit, lib 1 U H KVr-ti) iTUKHS. PaUmn to f' Vcw. JVJt Voaveiitmn in brlmij' aj' the tjidin, Jhj their f n:nd and csuv'tor. A humble bard ho ne'er before, AJJrena'd a speaker on the floor Of Capitol u ouM mention, Without quihMe or quirk, What loil.es beg may be one wort Of your wine ute convention. i n .u erry one mint have vote, WU dts not cr a petticoat, I generally admitted ( But why hoiM women be denied, And have their tongues completely ieJ, s IV party broib well fitted. The question is of great account, XVliith no convention can surmount, Without (iiviutiif;ie:i('i Arnotiit the Ldie! I fear, And therefore their friend appear, An 1 counsel in this action. That women have a right to live, Ten thousand reason I could yivc. But this was never doubted ; Anil he who would their freedom bulk, And tay they have no right to talk, Would from the world be fccouted. The TurVa, 1 know, who bold no polls, Believe that women bare no iouU ; But, when tey wuar the breeches, As oft they do in itate like ohm, W hich (fivei them supernatural powers, Arid hang thrm up for witch.ii. To tay that women mut be driven From ev'ry othiT place but heaven, It certainly alartning1 ; And he who wotdd the like maintain, Ought to be treated with diJiin, In company so chartriiii g. Mir it hlf woman, at the beat, Excepting now and then a beat, W bo forfeit all preten'ur. To decency and common sense, Hy many a foul and black ofTcnre j And yet, tome state convention! Have in their wisdom, found it meet To let wch wretches step thiir fn t, Follicl with iiilction, Into ti.e sacred fane where lici The ark of all our liberties TLe birthright of election. While women, purc'aa E.len's rjr.ecn, Before that world-distressing srene, In tr.ytt'ry darkly hwlder, . Must itand aloof remaining dumb, And never to election come By haughty man forbidden. But you, imnwa! statesman," Vou, Keeping the lovth u in view . At yottr august convention, WiU frame the constitution so That Ldica cin t' election go, W ithoiit tlie ltat detention. For, should jou otherwise decree, Tlie thrrful consequence may Le imimh'd population ; And this I'm anthotit'd to lay. If orrari'a r.;hu are flur.j away, Is their determination. W.H. AUenr)f Vaxtructs, &c. ncty'a tlie very Kpice of Lfe, 1 hat f .vei it all itt Kavor. raoi thi L5 nt maoMiiii. MEMOIRS OF NAPOLF.OM. Mr. O'Mtara't Urk. About the middle of the week Miiil; appear a work, which must produce a srniation in every country of Europe. Mr. Barry O'Meara, who enjoyed so fully the confidence of the Illustrious Prisoner at St. Helena, has c me for ward with an account f his unreserv ed tmrounicationson a number of sub jects during the first three years of his captivity, taken down each day on part ing Irom him. We have been favored wi;h asiht of the work in sheets, and gladly avail ourselves of this oppor tunity of stating a few particulars res peeling ti. ti is, w.,.t fiufiu ty, dedicated to Lady Holland, who exerted herself so much to promote the comforts and alleviate the stifferirr;s of Napdcon. Our limits will only allow us at pres ent to give very scanty extracts (mm this hirhly interesting publication. 1 he u.n.cul'V it to mal where so many subjects sVuh -m equal lainv. ik. .ii u . . 1 ! ii, imivnuii! .iuit i.iiuwi j vji. vtabir lifhf on some of the secrets tfjtv Louis the Fourteenth, and some of Post Omr rr.an .Rcmem: thr grand children of the ..gents ori- J suppoit,' dJed he, "Jat that ; ginnlly employed by him, filled in my Mi.r.td.fv.u it very g'aJ to hca? 'J mv UtncM, 13 y wlut chaoufl docs bs send his letters to France." I replied, that lie sent them through the Governor and Lord Uathurst. ' Then, they are all o pened and rend in London hy y our ministers. I replied, that I was igno rant of their having recourse to such practices. 4 liecause, said Napoleon, 'you never have beetj in a nitinuion to know any thing about it. I cll you, th it the (lespatches of" the Ambassa dors, and other diplomatist.?, that pass through the Post Ouke, are opened. Otto told tnc, that when in London, he ascertained tlm to he a lact beyond a doubt.' I said I had heard that in all the states on the Continent, official let ters were opened. 4 Certainly thry arc,' answered Napoleon, hut they have not the impudence to deny it, like your Ministers, though it is carried to as great an extent amongst you, as any where else.' 'In France,' continued the Kmperor, 'hh arrangement was ma-lr, so that all the letters, sent by the Amltassad n, or other diplomatic cha racters, all their household, and all persons c mnectcd with foreign attYirs, were sent to a secret department of the Post Olfice in Paris, no matter in what part of France they were put in. All letters or despatches, in like manner, rr foreign courts or ministers, were sent to this office, where they wereopen ed and deciphered. The writers some times made use of several different ci phers, not continuing the same for more th.n ten lines, in order to prevent their being understood. This, however, did not answer, as, in order to decipher the most ingenious and difficult, it was on ly necessary to have fit ty pages of the same cipher, which from the extent of the correspondence, was soon to he had. So devcr were the agents employed, and m soon did they read the ciphers, that, latterly, only fifty louis were paid fur the discovery of the means of deci phering a new one. By opening all the letters addressed to the diplomat ic p- rsons, the post office police got ac quainted with their correspodf nee, to whom all letters addressed subsequent ly were treated in a similar manner. The ambassadors suspected that there were sonic infidelities committed upon their correpondence, and, to prevent it, used generally to change their ci pher evrrv three months. But this on ly gave little additional trouble. They sent their letters sometimes to a post cilice town a few miles distant from where they actually resided, thinking that they were very cunnirg.and would thus escape observation, not knowing of the arrangement I have mentioned to you. The ambassadors of the les ser powers, sui ! as Dec-mark, Sweden and even Prussia, used, through ava rice, to save the expense of couriers, to send their despatches through the post c fficc in cipher, which were open ed and deciphered, and the men im portant part of their contents (opted, and r ommuniotcd to me (never to the Ministers) by . By these means I knev the crv.tents of the d.sputches that Bcrnstorf, ", and others, sent to their courts, before they arrived at their destination ; for they were always scaled up, and sent on after wc had done with thcrn Several of thctu, espe cially of those of Bcrnstorf, were lull of injurious reflections upon mr, cen sures on my conduct, nnd fabricated conversations with me. How often have I laughed with;n mysrlf, t- sec them licking the dust from under my feet at my levee, after having read in the morning the l:thcs they had writ ten of me to their sovereigns. We used, also, frequently to discover vtry important matters which they had com municated tu them in confidence from the Ambassadors of Russia and Aus-! motion, the grass is soon formed into tria, and of your country, (when yen j a flame; the bundle of grass is then had one in Paris,) who always sent! laid r-n the ground, and another pro their despatches by couriers of their ; cured, in which ate placed a few sparks own, which prevented me frc-m being!' fire, ar.d conveyed forward a lie acquainted with the nature of them fore. Ev this tnethrd a number of Hres Through the correspondence rf the Its- 'are kindled by the wav. Some suppose ser powers, I Kcanie acquainted with! this is done to take the Kangaroo, as the opinions of the r,u:ter. The ch iv- ,th:s r.r.inu' is never known to pass erness of those w ho t c ndrtted this j rear f.re, neither will i: run over p'.af-es machinery was astonisl irg. i l ete w as not imitate perfectly ; snd in the post r.ffire were kept seals simir ' tlic u m d bv the srtibas;idoim. .,!! ibr jxiw. ers of F.urppe, independent of w ir, mense ntimlur cf ethers, b htrptpjj to families ,f di.Terrnt rotintriis. If thev publication. niit with a real f-r which they h-d rot Udd.-n Ostra. 0,ttra,or F.ostra. As ie . M.eu.vn ia f.-c-snn,., . tlu y could g, t one- mr.de , c--c people hjvc left ro written doc press up.-n us.n twe.ity-Ur bt urs. I !.U rrnge. mrnts, th:s and other facts connected ment, eoiitiruud he, 'wj, 1,1 1 n in . : . r t v. r . . vrmiun m mine. 11 wasliit teetin Unit Vitjuuoiu which had teea bans- mh'cd to them from their lathers But, added he, Castlereagh does the same thing in London. All letters to and from diplomatic persons, which pass the post office, are opened, nnd the contents forwarded to him or some other' of your Ministers ; and they must be aware that a similar practice is followed in France." Vol. ii.p.290. " Some young and ignorant peasants, who were born since the revolution, were conversing with some older and better informed men about the Bour bons. 4 Who are the Bourbons ?' said one ; Wlut are they like V ' Why,' replied one of the older men, 4 they are like that old ruined chateau which you see near our Village ; like it, their time is past and, gone j they are no longer of the age." Vol. ii. p. oSD. NKW fcOUTII WALLS. ' Curi-iui parthnlim rtnriinj ihe mannrrz, .' Iain uiul iiilnrsri:iont of that cjtiMr'j, The natives have a notion, that if any of them whistle while they remain under the rock where they have retired to sleep, it will fall on them. This, they say, was the case with a number of natives at a certain place, one of which, contrary to custom, whistled, the rock fell and crushed them all to death. The natives of New South Wales arc capable of forming friendship and feel ing sorrow. It i true their grief docs nt continue lon. At a funeral of child, tnc fattier will weep much, and appear to he much affected with deep sorrow at heart ; but as soon as he has retired from the crave, all appearance of grief is fled away, and he resume his former appearance. There is no doubt but this race of people may, with kindness and human- . i r l l TM uv, ue maue a useiui peonie. i ncy have the talent of emulation ; stveral have already been very serviceable to the settler in acting as stock keepers and r wers in these departments thev have been equal, if not supet'.or to ma ny Europeans. The n.uives never think of providing for to-morrow. All the f.-od they. pro cure a: one time they eat before they remove from th plate ; alttr th.-v have eaten their fdl, the) lay themselves down upon the crass and sleep, and in this situation thev remain until hunrrT " ; rouses thc;.i to activity. The men arc indolent aod oppressive to the women ; they will continue bask ing in the rays of the sun, while the wom.-n are obliged to fish: for hours toother, they will remain in their ca noes singirg, which they consider ne cessary to invite th fish n their bait, for without they carry a suiTicient quan tity to feed their bej-.'.ly husbands, their reception would be very urcm.';;rtaUe. The females, while younr. wear a small opossum skin round their waist ; this they rontinue t us? till they are married, but no lorrr. Both uivn and women wander about in th;, savage stttc; the real cause I conceive to be this they have not (lie mf ans of pro t tiring clothes in Sufficient quantities : for it is ro be ohscrvct!, that no ur.c can wear wlut thr whole tribe has not: if one be dojted, it is necessary fc r the tribe to which he belongs to have cloth ing; if not, the garments of the tingle person will be thrown away. The n.uives of New South Wales procure fire by rubbing a short pointed piece of wood up -n a piece that is per fectly dry, by wh ch means f.rc is very si.on produced. Wl en they wish n convey the fire to any distant part, they gather a bund!- o1 gr?si, -u w hich they put a few spr.rks of fre, nd then run with it towards the place of rest and refreshment: hv the swiftness of their w here the grass has been latrlv burned, .!.U...l, ,u, I This I: ;he case, after the animal is pursued t?p to such iilaces.it is frequently taken. Criin cf thv M '.nl Hester. One of the divinities to wlu m the ancient Sar.nns paid adoration w as the with them would probably have been buried in oblivion, had it not been for ihe emigration of the AngIo-S.it ns in the 5th century to liriuin, where rhry embraced Christianity and learn- cd lo write. About a ecbtary' after the conversion of the Saxons, the ven erable Bcdcthus wrote (l)e Ttmporum Jtatione, t. 13:) "My nation, (the Anglo-Saxcns) while yet in a state of paganism called the month of April fatur montfi't from their goddess Ko stra, because they celebrated her fen tival about that time ; it is now called Faster month, and the festival Faster. Because both happen about the same time, the ancient accustomed appella tion has been retained. The Saxons very rationally began their year with the return of sprinj; ; jnd the goddess waved her 'sceptre over flowers, in sacred proves, and on hiah hills. There the jovous festival u ' . ,Y ' was solemnised with uluVu,n at the to ndd, mat hh,uCh I have some new gifts of the earth. S,.cr;!ia-sv.ere!"'" 1corc U-t-n entru.ted by mv ff.,. ,i t r,,,., Pf,. H,wil.,!.!rountry, it was never m my whoh: U.I.HU, 1.11 ' uwhiuvj ...... - , nnd the n, U, invne.l in the n.errv dance around thrm. 1 he sacred horn circulated briskly, nnd the new vertr was greeted with Eininjj nnd demon strations of joy. Good wishes were exchanged, and every heatt seemed to share the renewed animation of nature. The place whre this festival was cel ebrated, wascalhd Gstir!erg an ap pellation still retained at the present day by many hill: in varioua puif, o! Sasonv. .... , ....... t, I IlOM Till; fOHT IJ! 10. flvcep:k -i nf thtpri ,1;u iU:vt .Imltvrxil.r o! '. Vouvl tf St. Jamrn. la tlie following If.lti r, .vMressi d to t!ie sre-rctan-fif state, Mr. Ai!;.n!s pves an acrni.it of Ms rcci 'itiim at tlio eoe.rt t! Luiuln. V In n it o nco'iLrtnl tliul lie w as tli; tirst liiini.ttr to 2'.ii(,!u;iil, wiiirli lia.l ba n suit In represent as uh iiiJeptnilt-nt nation, tlie a.Mu is ami tlie rejly will be rci'l with ilcrp iii'i ret. The Liruarjo ctoploj ct hy the speakers though '.niplt: uikI inttulit (1, is h orthy (.('those txaltnl pirsiiiiaes, aii.l the sentiments nrv rrr-'ely utli ai o'ljjl.t to le cultivated hy hotli n i'ious. i.cnoo:;, 1TS-4. Sir At one cn Wednesday, the first of June, the master of the cere monies called at mv house, and went with me to the becretary ol btat s ofiite, in Cleveland-row, where the Marquis of Carmarthen received me, and introduced me to Mr. Frazier, his under secretary, who had been, as his lordship said, uninterruptedly in that t fiice, through all the changes in administration, lor thirty years, hav ing first been appointed by the Farl of Ilolderness. Alter a short conversa tion upon the subject of importing my effects from Holland nnd France, free of duty, which Mr. Frnzier himself introduced. Lord Carmarthen invited me to jy w ith him in his conch to court. When we arrived in the anti-chamber, the m.nterof the ceremonies met me, attended me, wmie tlie brcrctary,. . . ,!, n-,,,. . . T t .. ' , , ,- lie sva3 tnelted, mi!cn a,.ectea, ana 1 of utate, went to ta.e t,, comnv.nds wa3 uo.t.sl50i ftr.d therefore I car.or , f t.,ek.nC. .hen I stood m thn !:? certain that I was so attentive, her i pijce, w here it seems al minirttrsi , , , , . r . ' , . , ; v.) cler.rlv, and understood so perfect ctand -jpon sucli occas.'.-is alwavs a:-,. f , , ,, ,.' , , . . .. . Iv, as to be confident of rd his w-'.iti tended by tlie master of tlie ctremo- , . , , , ,., .. ... .u.. t m . r . i ii.rs, tnc room uiv jm i i iii;iusirrs, . , i of state, bishops, and :id nt,ier sorts o, , . . A , ,. . ' ' , kept recrrt in America, un'.cn h. courtiers, a, wti, ai the ncr.t room, '. ,. . r.. . l n , , ' rna.rstv.ornn secretary of state shiul! which is the kin" bed clumber, s ou . . 1 , . , r" 1 judse riroprr to report it. This It may well suppose tnat I was the focus ' '.,'. ' f n ". ,- . i 1 '), tnattne torepjoinr is nil ma;cstv ui ilil lit'. A v. a 1 l.;c . . u. l.u . n ci . 1 v.-d. h from all the embarrassment of ir, Iy!J' the Swedish and Dutch ministers, who came t ne nnd entertained me with a very agreeable conversation durinV- the wr.ole time. bom; rlhcr ne men, whom 1 had reen before, cam? tlie i;'W.(!nc,;nu wisdom of 3 Miprent to make their cur.iplir.ier.tito-, ii;.::ljl,ci.ii;,tli.it nLir r.d.iir.it'.ei can beborr.- tiie .'Nlarquis c f Carmarthen retutned. and dciircd me ti go with him to his majesty. I went with his hrtl-.bip through the levee room into th closet the door was shut ar.d I was left with his majesty r.r.d the secretary of stMe alone. I made three revrr rncs ; one at the door, the other a?o.ii half way, and the third before the pres ence, according to the une csta!disii el t those an I all othrr intthern courts' of F.uropr, and thf-n addressed invx ii to (us nrmsiy in tue iuiow in::i,.... ,,, 1 .0.1, i, 1. i 1 ... wortls : "Sir The United States of Aner iot have appointed me Minister I'len ipotentiaiy to your majesty, and have directed tr.c tn tlclivcr to ycur m'-'ttv this letter which ror.tains thccvidcrce of it. It ii in obedience to their ex prrss commands, th;-; T ' 've the lion or to assure your m.'Jc.. . t of their ,i nnn imous disposition and desire to culti vate the most friendly nrd liberal in trc.uJ.e between yoi.r majeotj-'a s-i!)-jvets and citizens, nnd of their Lest wishes for your majesty's hetdi'i r.nd happinesi, and for that of your royal family. "The appointment of a minister from the United States to your majes ty's court, will form an cpach in thc'r.orc rtbun l..r.t is their fr '.:: history of Fr..itul and Amtiica-. I think myself more fortunate than a. I my fellow-citi'en, in havinj; the tcliu -tinguished honor to be the first to statin in your majesty's royal presence in .i diplomatic character j find I fihall es teem myself the happiett of men it' I can be instrumental in recommending my country more; and more to your majesty' royal benevolence, nnd or restoring an entire is teem, confidence, and aCVctk.n; cr in other words, 'the old good nature, ;nul the old good hi- W f P"'P w,ho' f'.' separated bv tm ocean, and under dif ferent governments, have the samn Ianrui"e, a siaiilar religion, a kindred it i ? i , II , ' i4 nwr so "Stable to my . ,.( The king listened to every word I said, with dignity it is true, but with an apparent emotion. Whether it wa i the nature of the interview, or wheth er it was my vir-.ible agitation, for I felt more than I did or could cxprcs'., that touched him, I cannot say ; Ui: he v4s much affected, and answered nie with more tremor than I had fpo ken with, and said ' "Sir. The circunibtancca cf this audience are so extraordinary, the lan ipiaje you have now held . is so es tictntly proper, nnd the feelings yo:i have discovered so justly adapted to the occasion, that I not cnlv receive with jdeasure the assurance of the disposition of the United States, Lr.t that I am glad the choii r has fal'-rj upon )'ou tube their minister. I wih vou, sir, to believe, that it may he tin ijerstood in America, that I have dure nothing in the late contest but what I thourdit myself indispem.ibly hound O do by the duty v. hich lowed tony ;; nple. I will br vcrv frank with vo.. I wai the hit to conform to the sep aration ; but the separation having bcrn made, nnd having became inevitald., I luivr nlwavs s::id. as I a .v now. ti::! : j ,vo. .j.j 1 1? t. f;r3. ;o nK.,. tt. friend- shin cf the Ur.:.:d State-, as an ind:- pendent power. The tr.onicr.t 1 ccc such str.tirncufj and language asyo;.:-. prevail, fciul a uiiposition to ive this, country the preference, that moment I liall tay, let t;:e c'.rctt.Ti'jMnces of las 7,!ac", religion, and blorid, have the! : natural and full effect.' I tlarc not ny that the-e vcre ti ling's precise words ; and it is eve; pnsiible that I mav have in some par ticular Mistaken his meaning ; for a; though his prounciation w as as di tinct as I ever heard, he hesitate I sometimca hrtween the periods, am' n s;inc j ,i.iu a iiniiN in n Mil ii.ui tneanin'-, as I then ttntlcrsto' d it, ami own words ns lean recollect t!.:rr. I am, tec. mus AnAMv 1'iif' l is rp'y front thr rlirl ia lli.,t mamier, vvl.ic'.i l.t tomes a tn.it '.7V;;rc Misfortunes c;;t:not I avoided; hut they may be swecter.rJ, if not overcome, by patience, foi titu i'. resolution, and the assistance cf go-vJ tiien. Kxuivph t. V.'c do not want p-' trpts so much as the pittcrrs, sr.- Piiny ; and example is the softest nr.. least invidious way of commanding. I low ti-ible that scr.timynt rf ti . venerable M.irshl Mcntey in his n;- cd teo lonrj since he h id survived w country." Habitml irdolence, by a ilcnt ar ' j'.ccrct progress, undermine", 1 ttt? ir; t't? T,v.ih!i' i every vir an enemy to the lively nd spirited joyment 1 f life, as a i!aed and in '. lent habit of mind. Itllt nvss i: the mother of manv w an ion children. They that do r.i.thier. are in the ready w ay to do that, vh;:.. ;s wrre l.iin no'lupp. CStristian rr.ices arc like pcrf.inie s the more they nre prcs-.ctf, the more rrateful ii their smell. 1ikc :-tir. they shine hriqhtest in the r.tht like trees, the more they nre shaken, the more deeply arc they rooted, nr..! t"
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